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Shloka 105

Nīti-upadeśa to a Rājaputra: Self-restraint, Alliances, and Rival-Management (नीतिउपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि कालकवृक्षीये पञ्चाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kālakavṛkṣīye pañcādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവാന്തർഗതമായ രാജധർമ്മാനുശാസനപർവത്തിൽ ‘കാലക-വൃക്ഷീ’ പ്രകരണത്തിലെ നൂറ്റിയഞ്ചാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Parvan of instruction on the duties of kings

कालकवृक्षीयेin the section/chapter called Kālakavṛkṣīya

पञ्चाधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Kālaka

Vṛkṣī

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter within Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma. Its function is structural: it situates the teaching within Śānti Parva and the Rājadharma instruction section, emphasizing the Mahābhārata’s didactic organization of ethical guidance for rulers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse continues as the overarching narrative frame, but this particular verse does not advance plot; it formally closes the chapter identified as ‘Kālaka-Vṛkṣīya’ and signals the transition to the next unit of instruction.